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[ItAintEasyBeinCheesy]

Is it sold out?, looks packed as shit.

 

[cartoon_soldier]

Rubbish used to be a major issue at Australian grounds a decade ago.

Still an issue at Indian grounds

I think

 

[Blastoise]

Taylor needs an innings of a lifetime

 

[Yagharek]

Still an issue at Indian grounds

I think

I wouldn't know, channel 9 in Australia don't seem to believe matches are played outside Australia so I've only ever followed games in India on the radio.

 

[legend166]

We're just strangling them. NZ not handling the pressure well so far.

 

[Zvonimir Boban]

Commentators waxing lyrical about the atmosphere at the ground, so they show a replay of McCullum's dismissal as a perfect example.

Only god forbid we can't hear that bellend Mark Nicholas for three seconds, so they don't turn up the crowd noise so it sounds like the middle of a boring draw at Lords.

 

[LiquidSolid]

ok let me elaborate on what i mean. for nz they have 4 main batsman (mccllum, taylor, guptil, williamson). for them a good start is vital otherwise it would put too much pressure on the others later on + williamson has been shit this tournament.

mccllum was the key wicket, he went out early and so did nz hopes and dream

And what of all the other times McCullum has gotten out early but we've still won? Are those just miracles?

A good start is great, especially in a big chase like the semi, giving the other batsmen some room to move, but it's nowhere near as important as you're claiming. The last 15 overs are the most important part of the innings, they're the difference between good batting teams (Aus, SA, NZ, India, etc.) and bad ones (England, Pakistan).

Sure, we're looking like we're going to get thrashed, but it's not because McCullum got out for a duck. It's because Guptill and Williamson threw their wickets away playing some horrific shots.

 

[Oxirane]

Commentators waxing lyrical about the atmosphere at the ground, so they show a replay of McCullum's dismissal as a perfect example.

Only god forbid we can't hear that bellend Mark Nicholas for three seconds, so they don't turn up the crowd noise so it sounds like the middle of a boring draw at Lords.

I assume he kept talking while they queued up the correct footage; they accidentally replayed Johnson's wicket.

 

[Gunslinger]

no but seriously NZ fans i wouldn't give up just yet. Remember the group stage game between these 2? it was a super close game with very low runs.

 

[Rezbit]

Time for Starc to come in and throw a few yorkers down.

 

[Yagharek]

no but seriously NZ fans i wouldn't give up just yet. Remember the group stage game between these 2? it was a super close game with very low runs.

Yeah, this is definitely plausible as nz have southee and vettori. I hope this isn't a wipeout, I want to see a contest.

But this bowling and fielding is just incredible. Suffocating New Zealand

 

[ItAintEasyBeinCheesy]

Long appeal there

 

[H.Protagonist]

Two to Maxwell? What mad world is this?

 

[Zvonimir Boban]

rofl at Maxwell getting wickets from nothing deliveries

EDIT: The look on Elliott's face

 

[Rezbit]

Wow. Good review. Fair way down to be fair though.

 

[hamchan]

Good review!

 

[kmag]

That was a terrible decision. The appeal got it which is ridiculous when you consider how that completely weights the DRS.

 

[Yagharek]

Excellent review decision

 

[Rezbit]

About due for another wicket pls.

 

[params7]

About due for another wicket pls.

Yes, soon.

 

[Zvonimir Boban]

smh at edges flying for six on these tiny grounds

 

[bomma_man]

I'm going for a good game tonight. The SA/NZ was just too too good.

 

[Rezbit]

I don't know why Faulkner doesn't bowl his varieties in his first spell. Your stock ball by itself is shit bro.

 

[Chris R]

Wow, music is terrible lol

 

[Zvonimir Boban]

Just as I'm starting to appreciate these two batsmen playing sensible cricket and building a proper partnership they cut to this fucking bullshit PR nonsense with Srinivasan. Get this shitbag off my screen.

 

[jey_16]

solid rebuild by NZ here, game is getting good

 

[kmag]

I don't know why Faulkner doesn't bowl his varieties in his first spell. Your stock ball by itself is shit bro.

The variations are more useful when the opposition is going hard. A player who had Faulkner like variations who overused them to the point where the only describable talent he had was rendered useless was England's Jade Dernbach who is/was a medium pacer with every variation under the sun and started his international career well but fell off a cliff when he started using his variations throughout the innings. Players could then just pick them in the PP and the end.

 

[kmag]

solid rebuild by NZ here, game is getting good

These two need to get them to the powerplay with ideally with 130-150 on the board. That would give Anderson, Ronchi, Vettori, Henry (who can legitimately bat) and Southee (who can't but who can hit it a hell of a long way) a platform to go at it.

 

[Rezbit]

The variations are more useful when the opposition is going hard. A player who had Faulkner like variations who overused them to the point where the only describable talent he had was rendered useless was England's Jade Dernbach who is/was a medium pacer with every variation under the sun and started his international career well but fell off a cliff when he started using his variations throughout the innings. Players could then just pick them in the PP and the end.

Yeah good point, but I feel this 130km ball every ball is pretty predictable.

 

[kmag]

How long before Taylor runs someone out?

 

[Rezbit]

Foot has well and truly been taken off by Clarke.

 

[kmag]

Australia's ground fielding has been immense.

 

[Zvonimir Boban]

Seriously, what is this crap. The commentators aren't bad enough, now we have to listen to executives?

 

[Yagharek]

Boring ICC people go back to your deluxe box.

Wait a minute. This means the commentators are silent.

PLEASE STAY

 

[Zvonimir Boban]

Big Three execs chatting about "Ethnic communities"

Just fuck off.

 

[kmag]

Boring ICC people go back to your deluxe box.

Wait a minute. This means the commentators are silent.

PLEASE STAY

The only good think about that was that Giles Clarke doesn't look long for this world.

 

[LiquidSolid]

Seriously, what is this crap. The commentators aren't bad enough, now we have to listen to executives?

Yeah, these are shit. Bunch of old men pretending they're relevant. Fuck off!

 

[Yagharek]

Yeah, these are shit. Bunch of old men pretending they're relevant. Fuck off!

Like all the commentators.

Seriously they should just turn the gain up on the stump microphone and let us listen to on field voices instead.

 

[Skux]

Taylor rocking the 50 strike rate, woop woop

 

[Zvonimir Boban]

Like all the commentators.

Seriously they should just turn the gain up on the stump microphone and let us listen to on field voices instead.

The commentators are useless but at least they're harmless, unlike the aforementioned old men who have done their best to try and ruin the sport while lining their own pockets.

Even Blatter's most insane move, the Qatar World Cup, pales into insignificance when compared to the shit those fuckers have pulled.

How long before Taylor runs someone out?

Almost!

 

[Grassy]

Shit, that's living dangerously...

 

[params7]

Credits to Taylor/Elliot for rebuilding the innings. At least NZ seems to have a fighting chance now.

 

[jey_16]

They should get 250+ now easily, going to be a really tough chase for Australia

 

[Yagharek]

The commentators are useless but at least they're harmless, unlike the aforementioned old men who have done their best to try and ruin the sport while lining their own pockets.

Even Blatter's most insane move, the Qatar World Cup, pales into insignificance when compared to the shit those fuckers have pulled.



Almost!

What have they done? Feel free to address this question after the game if you want to focus on watching.

 

[Rezbit]

Yeah feel like the game drifted for Australia in the mid overs there.

But what a catch.

 

[bobnowhere]

That's out, give it.

 

[hamchan]

Yo that's a clean as heck catch from Haddin.

Well done Haddin!

 

[kmag]

I don't get that from the umpires. Make a decision one way or another first then let the teams decide if they want to use a review.

 

[legend166]

Huuuuge wicket. They were setting up to get 280.

 

[Yagharek]

Amazing catch Haddin